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Female Fetishism

Summary: In recent years, the Freudian construction of a passive female sexuality has been severely criticised by feminists. This is the first book to tackle the question of female fetishism and to document women's engagement in this form of sexuality. Most psychoanalytic theory excludes the very possibility of the existence of female fetishism. In the face of the wealth of evidence gathered in this book, covering a range of fetishistic practices, the authors suggest that Freudian phallocentrism has prevented analysts from seeing the evidence before their eyes. 'Female Fetishism' provides a theoretical context for understanding the subject and also collects together some fascinating case material, form fetishism in advertising to the obsessional behaviour of pop fans and women's involvement in the world of fetish magazines and dress clubs. The authors make a strong theoretical case for the widspread evidence of food fetishism among women, and argue that many eating disorders are best understood from this perspective.